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Re: ROT

Michael Kinzer — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:58:31 GMT

Dear Ian and Group, I know this is somewhat old threat of discussion, but I saw this again today and thought it might be a helpful reminder. I, like many of

Re: OFFSET UPSET; shoot/root balance (again)

g p — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:45:45 GMT

Hi John, NO, I do NOT do that, nor would I even think of doing so. I only remove top portions during transplantion on species where not doing so might make a

Re: Unbelievable

g p — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:36 GMT

Hello Ian, Oh My! that IS remarkable, to say the least! I lost one similar rare plant, a tiny miniature yellow from Japan, after it did very similarly arrived

Re: Unbelievable

Michael Loh — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:07 GMT

That's amazing....how persistent this plant is. I take it you would remove the developing flowers to stop it draining what life that is left. I won't advice

Re: Unbelievable

Kerrie McElroy — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:29:20 GMT

Hi Ian, Remove the flower buds if you can. Then it just might put its remaining strength into root growth. Kerrie ... From: clivia-enthusiast@yahoogroups.com

Re: Unbelievable

Gianpaolo Gilardi — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:46 GMT

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Re: Unbelievable

david lewis-hughes — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:11 GMT

HI Ian,Suspending the rootless plant in water has worked well for me in the past.Cheers Dave

Re: Unbelievable

Dippl Family — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:27:26 GMT

Ian. Try dampening the "stump" then dip into Seradix softwood striking powder and plant and stake so it won't wobble ,into a pot full of long fibre sphagnum (

Re: Unbelievable

Claude Felbert — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:12:23 GMT

Hello Ian -- I suggest trying a hydroponics approach until the plant has grown generous roots. If that does not work its for the scrapheap. Regards Claude

Re: Unbelievable

Khalid Qadeer Qureshi — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:12:00 GMT

Dear Mr. Ian, If you like you can try Homeopathic medicine "Calendula 30" diluted in water in the ratio of 15ml to 1000ml. This might help. Regards, Khalid

Re: Some May blooms

clivia — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:27:24 GMT

Hi Peter I doubt the C nobilis connection. The Thurston Ndwedwe Pink Champagne is a habitat plant, I think from the Ndwedwe area of KwaZulu Natal. I got

Unbelievable

Ian Coates — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:26:24 GMT

The attached shows a rootless miniata. It has been like this ever since the trauma of importation two years ago. It arrived with no roots and has been in

Re: OFFSET UPSET

John van der Linde — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:24:07 GMT

Hi Geoffrey and all, Firstly, apologies for the delay in my reply. You say: " There's only one point here that I completely disagree with: PLEASE do NOT remove

Re: Some May blooms

Dippl Family — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:17:31 GMT

That is a very interesting post Alick. There has been much confusion regarding the parentage of our clivia hybrids no doubt some is accidental but certainly

Re: Some May blooms

clivia — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:22:45 GMT

Hi Geoffrey Good to hear from you. And, yes, I'm inclined to agree that C robusta tend to take longer to flower than the 3-5 years normal for C miniata.